The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
WAR SEEMS INEVITABLE.
AUSTRIA EXPECTS IT TO BEGIN IN
TWO MONTHS.


man Officers experimenting Work
on the Turkish Fortif1cations on the
Bosphorus - All Europe Full of
Alarming Rumors.
Copyright 1887 by the Nei0 York associated
Press.l
BERLIN, Dec. 17-Emperor William held
to-day an informal council ON the military
situation. Prince William, Gen. Won
Moltke, Gen. Won Schellendcrff, Count Won
Walgersee and Gen. Albedyll were present.
The council, which lasted two hours,
is understood to have special
bearing on to-morrow's military
council at Vienna. Whatever meas
ure is there adopted will be taken in
consonance with concerted plan for a
demonstration against Russia. Reports
have reached the Berlin War Office which
describe the Austrian defense works in
Galicia as neglected, While the movements
Of Russian troops show an accurate knowl-
edge of the weak points for attack. These
statements, which were sent to Vienna, have
stung the War Office there into night and
day activity.
RUSHING FORWARD TROOPS
No news is permitted to transpire regard
that the railways in the direction of Cracow,
Jaroslar, Lemberg and ,Przemysi juno
tion are overworked by traffic
in men and war materials
Maj. Defines, military attache at the Ger
man legation in Veinna spends an hour
daily at the war Office in consultation with
the chiefs of departments.
All measures that are decided upon are
communicated to the Berlin authorities
through Maj. Defines and the inspiration of
Count Won Moltke is supposed to guide the
Austrian preparations. To-morTow's coun-
Gil will be attended by Herr Won Tisza, the
Hungarian Prime Minister; Count Won
Tafae, Minister of the Interior; Count
Kalnoky, and Count Bylane Rheydt, I'm
perial Minister of War: Herr Won Kallaey,
Imperial Minister of Finance, and Archduke
Albrecht, and viii be presided over by the
Emperor. The result of the conference is
eagerly awaited.
THE PROBABLE RESULT.
Berlin officials are Of the opinion that the
outcome of the council will be nothing more
than the accelerated dispatch of troops to
the front The time has not come for col
lective note from the allied powers demand
ing an explanation of the Russian concen-
trations 1t is certain that Prince Bismarck
has not taken action towards collective ul-
timatum. Gen. Won ScheinitZ, the Ger
man ambassador to Rltssil, after two days
stay at FreidrichsrlIhe, returned to Berlin
Thursday. He had ar audience with the
Emperor yesOerdaJ, and will return
to ST. Petersburg .ora J<ro Y without special
Instructions II the Gar appro ,.acs him
upon the question of mu htal armaments
Gen. Won Scheinitz is believed to be charged
that the German diplomatic and military
position is unchanged, and that peace Is de-
pended upon the cessation of Russian men
aces against the league OF peace.
WAR NEAR AT HAND.
Government circles, both in Berlin and
Vienna, are becoming convinced that the
allies mean to attack Russia early in the
spring. Military circles in Vienna regard
the campaign as even closer and are of the
opinion that it will be opened within two
months.
DR., Trefort the Hungarian Minister of
Public Instruction, speaking at meeting at
Pesth Academy to-day reminded his audi
ence that last year whils every body be-
lieved the county 20 be on the verge of
war, he doubted thI5 an outbreak would
occur Now, on the contrary, he was
forced, although an ardent partisan of
peace, to declare his doubt of its being
maintained. DR.. Trefort declared that the
blame for the origin of war, if it comes,
would be due to the encroachments of Rus
sian Pan-Slavism.
RUSSIA MUST BE CRUSHED.
The PeSther Lloyd, the organ of Herr Won
Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, contends for
the necessity of crushing Russia in the
event OF war occurring, and so rectify the
frontier as to disable her from causing fur
ther trouble in Europe. A large Poland
must be created, including Vol Hynia and
Poddia, up to the right bank of the Dnieper,
with Kieff as frontier fortress and Odessa
as a military port. The German empire
must comprise all the Balkan provinces
with st. Petersburg, also the districts be-
tween the Dnieper and Dwina. The
Pesther Lloyd article has been reproduced
in Berlin without comment. 1t is considered
to be more of threat than an indication of
the serious aims of the allies.
ACTIVITY IN TURKEY.
From Constantinople reports come that
under the promptings of Herr Won RADIO
witZ, the German Ambassador, the Porte is
hastily extending the Notifications on the
Bosphorus, and that German engineers are
supervising the work The latest st. Pc
tersburg advices say that the War Depart
ment is supplying troops with special am
munition pouches for Berdan rifles, which
will enable each man to fire fourteen shots
per minute. The projected alteration in the
rifle was abandoned, SO the dispatches say,
because in view of the gravity of the situa-
ton it was thought there would not be suf-
ficient time to make the change
The whole tenor of the news is warliEe,
and this caused a renewal of the selling on
the Bourse to-day. The final quotations
were worse, and since the alarm set in no
such extensive unloading of foreign securi-
ties has occurred. Austrian gold rentes fell
X, Hungarian l ID and Russian 3$4 per
cent and credit Anstalt marks
The panicky feeling of yesterday in
Vibnna had rather abated to-day, but the
markets were in a state of suspense and
there was nothing doing.
GERMAN PATRIOTISM.
No measure that the present Reichstag
has considered has so notably shown the
national spirit, uniting all parties, as the
new military bill. Yesterdays debate was
succession of patriotic speeches, untainted
by party bias. After Herr Won Schellen-
dorffs pithy exposition of the motives of
the bill, Herr Benningsen, for the
National Liberals, Baron Moltzolm
for the Conservatives, and Count Behren-
hoff for the Imperialists, declared the neces-
sity for the measure.
Herr Windthorst in short and fervent
speech expressed the willingness Of the
Centre to pass it as presented without refer
ence to committee if the government con-
sldered that urgency of the situation re-
quired this action through imminence OF
war.
Herr Richter also intimated that the Pro-
gressst party would give general support
70 the measure, adding that discussion in